Berd

nylonstrung•about 2 hours ago

It's actively unhelpful even for the most "non-technical" of users to further anthropomorphize LLMs and "agentic" workflows that boil down to moving plaintext around

The design is cute but this is an abstraction that simply has no reason to exist, and is the opposite of what better UX looks

thinkingemote•about 1 hour ago

I actually like the design. It's the product of a human and it's fun. It also feels like it's playing with jokes about brain-rot aesthetic so communicates a contemporary and young point of view. It's cool.

The thing it's selling doesn't appeal to me in the slightest but they have tried and have some human ideas in the webdesign. Cool design if cringe product

grugdev42•about 1 hour ago

This website is not very user friendly. Huge amount of assets to load, an unclear product, and a visually distracting experience.

john_alan•about 1 hour ago

probably built with Berd

Liftyee•about 2 hours ago

Fittingly for an AI page, the "Easter egg" page lags my phone significantly.

jorisw•about 2 hours ago

It also paused the music I had playing

drcongo•33 minutes ago

The button did tell you not to click it.

ura_yukimitsu•about 2 hours ago

I know my office computer isn't very powerful, but holy lag batman! I get between 1 and 10 FPS on that website.

tosh•about 2 hours ago

nb: this is by block (https://block.xyz)

Cilvic•about 1 hour ago

thanks for sharing this. Maybe interesting for others who missed it: block was previously square. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block,_Inc.

omeysalvi•about 2 hours ago

Keeping aside the functionality of the app, the vibe of the web page and those mascots is NOT IT. They are unsettling and creepy

sixtyj•about 2 hours ago

Creepy and cringe is recent mega trend. I feel like early 90s and its pseudo-cyber-punk.

Nevertheless, Berd’s homepage is like Teletubbies and Thomas The Tank Engine have babies :)

dkdbejwi383•about 2 hours ago

I think that's the point, no? The page is light on text but appears to be some kind of weird art project making fun of the inane "helpful and friendly" personas given to LLM chatbots

dgellow•about 2 hours ago

Are you sure? Given it’s from Block I really cannot tell if it is some meta irony or serious

rw2•about 2 hours ago

You can love it or hate it but it's unforgettable

unsnap_biceps•about 1 hour ago

I will forget about it by Friday.

tosh•about 2 hours ago

green is not a creative color

drcongo•32 minutes ago

Digital style.

rw2•about 2 hours ago

Branding is crazy good

bbg2401•26 minutes ago

I can see crazy but I'm struggling to find any good.

Klaster_1•about 2 hours ago

Not to be confused with Berd spokes/wheels.

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